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UPS driver helps woman being held captive after finding message written on box

Box said “call 911,” according to the driver

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Updated: 7:20 AM EST Dec 9, 2016

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UPS driver helps woman being held captive after finding message written on box

Box said “call 911,” according to the driver

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Updated: 7:20 AM EST Dec 9, 2016

ROBERTSVILLE, Mo. —

A UPS driver reportedly saved a woman being held captive after she scrawled a telltale message on a package.

The driver said “call 911” was written on the box handed to him by a woman that was later discovered as being held hostage by her husband, reported CNN.

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A SWAT team was sent to the house in Robertsville, Missouri after the driver called police. James Tyler Jordan, 33, was arrested and taken into custody, according to police.

Jordan’s wife told authorities that her husband refused to let her leave. She said he punched and slapped her, then forced her to strip and sexually assaulted her.

Court documents reported that Jordan was holding a gun to her head and threatening to kill her and himself when the UPS driver arrived.

Somehow the woman managed to write the message on the box when Jordan reportedly forced her to talk with the driver, while he stood behind her with a gun, reported the documents.

A toddler was reportedly found in the home as well. The child was locked in a bedroom without food or water for more than 12 hours.

Jordan is charged with domestic assault, sodomy without consent, felonious restraint, unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. Currently, he is being held on a $100,000 bond.

UPS sent a statement thanking the driver for his assistance in the arrest.

"We are grateful this UPS driver with more than a decade of service followed protocol when he saw a customer in distress and contacted authorities after he saw her message to contact 9-1-1," the company said in a statement.

"Our drivers are very familiar with their routes, and are trained to be aware of their surroundings and respond to requests for assistance."